Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses presents a comprehensive examination of the process of editorial review during the second half of the 20th century. A respected health science librarian, Ann Weller has conducted a thorough review of nearly 1500 English-language studies on editorial peer review that were published between 1945 and 1997. Weller's strategy to identify these studies included search of the standard scientific online databases as well as a self-described Sherlock Holmes-like detection of additional relevant studies cited in articles identified in the online databases. She also developed a database of 300 irrelevant articles. Studies included in this monograph come from a variety of disciplines, including medicine, nursing, psychology, business, economics, library science, and sociology.